3 Finalists Chosen For New Britain Chief

July 20, 1994

NEW BRITAIN — The field of candidates for the job of police chief has been officially narrowed to three: two high-ranking insiders and a police chief from Washington state.

Acting Deputy Chief William Sencio and Acting Capt. William Gagliardi ranked first and second on the employment list the civil service commission certified Monday. Pleas J. Green, the police chief in Yakima, Wash., ranked third.

``It's good to see two members of the police department within the top three,'' said Officer Curtis Searle, president of the police union and chairman of the civil service commission. ``When people get promoted from within, then there's vacancies and other people get promoted.''

The police board will interview each candidate privately this week, but a decision is not expected before mid-August.

The position has been open since October, when Chief Clifford J. Willis retired after more than 40 years on the force.